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This Is Only A Jingle
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was set up in 1963 to alert Americans, via TV and radio, of nuclear attack. Stations were required to test the E…
1 year, 5 months ago
CONELRAD
The American radio system which operated from 1953 - 1963 and would dispense civil defence advice to the public whilst working to confuse an incoming…
1 year, 5 months ago
Santa and the Nuclear Tests
In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa.
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1 year, 6 months ago
Artesia's Underground School
In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school.
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1 year, 6 months ago
Trekking Out To Chico
In 1961, a group of families from New York gave up their lives on the East Coast and headed west in search of a place safe from nuclear attack. But d…
1 year, 7 months ago
Richland - The Atom-Bustin' Village of the West!
The atomic city of Richland - bustin' atoms, blowin' bubbles, and expelling "undesirables".
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1 year, 8 months ago
It's the Plutonium Pioneers!
The building of the world's first plutonium plant in Washington state. Make way for the plutonium pioneers!
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1 year, 8 months ago
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows - Part 3
Will we all go together when we go?
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1 year, 8 months ago
The Cobalt Bomb says...Hold My Beer!
If you thought the hydrogen bomb was as bad as it gets, then the cobalt bomb is here to say, "Hold my beer!"
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1 year, 9 months ago
Nuclear News from 1980s Sussex
How to keep your village free from "marauders" - the local issues concerning Sussex in the early 80s.
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1 year, 10 months ago